European countries are social welfare states; therefore education is free in most of the European countries. In most of the European universities, there is no tuition fee, however in some cases, there might be some fees of student unions, social security funds or registration fee but these are very less. All the universities are state-funded; this is from where they cover up all their expenses. The industrial also contribute a lot to research and provide funding. Note however, that a very few universities do charge regular tuition fees and other charges.
A few year ago, the higher education in most of the European countries was in their native language. Now almost all the top universities conduct higher education in English, which is normally the case for most Masters programs. However, still a few universities conduct courses in their native language. The study programs are available in all the fields including Engineering Sciences, IT, MBA & Business related, Medical, Law, Social sciences & Humanities etc.
The duration of masters in most of the European countries is two years, except in Sweden where it is 1.5 years and in U.K it is of one year duration. However, in U.K the education is not free. Students have to bear their own tuition fees. The two year period consists of 4 semesters with exams at the end of each semester. Normally one has to take 5 courses per semester. The last semester is usually dedicated to the thesis.
The universities are very good and so are the faculties and the environment. The universities are very well equipped containing high tech buildings, labs and class-rooms. Also there are lots of huge libraries containing thousands of books and other materials.
